About Gina
Gina Dunphy is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience offering supportive, client-centered therapy.
Background and approach
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, LGBT concerns, intimacy challenges, eating and sleeping problems, and a wide range of related issues such as abandonment, attachment matters, body image, codependency, and panic attacks.
Her practice emphasizes listening to each person's priorities and tailoring the pace and goals to what they want to address. Her style blends evidence-informed methods with a reflective, collaborative stance.
Gina draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful patterns, uses Mindfulness practices to build present-moment awareness and emotional regulation, and integrates Jungian and existential perspectives to explore meaning, identity, and deeper life themes.
As an Illinois LCSW she brings warmth, respect, and practical experience to sessions while allowing clients to guide the focus of therapy. She accepts international clients and offers multiple online session formats to fit different schedules and preferences.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and goal-oriented, often helping with anxiety, depression, panic, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention to the present moment and the experience of thoughts and feelings, which can reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation in day-to-day life. Trauma-Focused Therapy attends directly to the effects of traumatic experiences and uses specific strategies to process and integrate those memories while reducing symptom-driven reactions.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and may combine methods to match changing needs over time. Finding the right mix often emerges through conversation and short-term experimentation.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into varied schedules and locations. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver structured interventions like CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused techniques while adapting session length and frequency to what works best for the client.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English